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As with other slang and prima-facie profanity used in contemporary Australian English,[1] the ethnic term "wog" may be employed either aggressively or affectionately within differing contexts.
In Australia, the term was and still is applied to Post World War II migrants and their descendants from Europe and the Balkans. It was used particularly towards the Greek, Italian Australians, Lebanese, Spanish, Serbian, Macedonian and Croatian communities in Melbourne, Wollongong (Port Kembla) and Sydney,[2]—which contrasted with the dominant Anglo-Saxon stock of the Australian population.
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